Regents English 11th Grade Vocabulary 3 — Questions and Answers
Question 1: The prefix 'mal-' in words like 'malevolent' and 'malice' indicates:
- good or beneficial
- bad or harmful (Correct answer)
- many or much
- between or among
Correct answer: bad or harmful
The Latin prefix 'mal-' means bad, ill, or wrong, as seen in malevolent (wishing evil) and malice (desire to harm).
Question 2: In the phrase 'an inexorable march of time,' inexorable means:
- slow and measured
- impossible to stop or prevent (Correct answer)
- joyful and celebratory
- unpredictable and chaotic
Correct answer: impossible to stop or prevent
Inexorable means unable to be stopped, changed, or persuaded; relentless.
Question 3: Which word describes writing or speech that is artificially ornate and overly complex?
- terse
- lucid
- florid (Correct answer)
- austere
Correct answer: florid
Florid describes an elaborate, ornate style with excessive decoration or complexity in language.
Question 4: A 'charlatan' is best defined as:
- a skilled medical professional
- a person who falsely claims expertise or skill (Correct answer)
- an outspoken political activist
- a highly respected community leader
Correct answer: a person who falsely claims expertise or skill
A charlatan is a fraud who pretends to have knowledge or skills they do not possess.
Question 5: Which context clue best helps determine the meaning of 'parsimonious' in 'Although wealthy, he was so parsimonious that he refused to tip servers'?
- The word 'wealthy' suggests generosity
- The contrast between wealth and refusing to tip suggests extreme stinginess (Correct answer)
- The phrase 'refused to tip' suggests rudeness only
- The word 'although' suggests he was normally generous
Correct answer: The contrast between wealth and refusing to tip suggests extreme stinginess
The contrast signaled by 'although' and the specific example of refusing to tip indicates parsimonious means extremely unwilling to spend money.
Question 6: The word 'recondite' describes knowledge that is:
- widely known and easily understood
- little known and difficult to understand (Correct answer)
- recently discovered and groundbreaking
- repeatedly taught in schools
Correct answer: little known and difficult to understand
Recondite means little known, abstruse, or dealing with obscure subject matter.
Question 7: Which pair of words are synonyms?
- loquacious / taciturn
- sanguine / pessimistic
- inveterate / habitual (Correct answer)
- transient / permanent
Correct answer: inveterate / habitual
Inveterate and habitual both mean long-established and unlikely to change, making them synonyms.
Regents English 11th Grade Vocabulary 3
The prefix 'mal-' in words like 'malevolent' and 'malice' indicates: